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InSpeak - The Voice Chat Communicator is the freeware version of inSpeak's premium chat app. It's got a lot going for it, including good audio quality for voice communications, decent security, and an emphasis on customer support, even for free members. The freeware also offers other features from the paid nickname version, though with some limitations. For example, you can view up to six Webcams, use handwriting in messages, add up to 1,000 contacts, display a colorful icon, customize your space, create rooms, and more. It helps to have someone to chat with, though, and inSpeak has fewer members than other communities. You'll need a microphone to use inSpeak's voice chat.
As with most chat apps, we had to register to use inSpeak, including creating a nickname and providing various user details. You must provide a valid e-mail address to activate inSpeak and receive a password, though you can (and should) update your account with a new, secure, and memorable password. Once we'd logged on, inSpeak displayed its compact chat interface as well as the inSpeak Notifier, which offered startup guides as well as access to the Options on the Tools menu, and a helpful Welcome screen. Speaking of options, inSpeak's got 'em: the Options sheet has no fewer than 17 tabs, from General Settings to System Information, and they configure everything from Chat Preferences to the Auto Greeter. Anyone who has used a full-featured chat bundle will find much familiar about inSpeak, both in setting it up and using it. We clicked Audio Setup and used the simple Audio Test feature to verify our system's sound settings, which we could open directly from inSpeak's Options, a helpful touch. The Video Setup tab let us configure our Webcam, including an option to change our inSpeak status from Available to Away when our Webcam is active, preserving privacy by preventing unwarranted underwear exposure (we're just saying).
Other inSpeak members' experiences mirrored ours: the free app and services have a lot to offer, they just wish it included someone to talk to. But anyone looking for an alternative to some big chat apps (with some big chat app issues) certainly ought to check out inSpeak.
Publisher's Description
From Global Unicom:
With inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator communicate privately and securely. Send instant messages online and offline, chat one to one with friends and family using voice and video, send and resume the transfer of files and pictures, Meet new friends in text, voice and video moderated rooms, watch TV, movies and chat in multimedia show rooms, learn, search and study in educational rooms, create and administrate your own chat voice rooms, subscribe and get attractive colorful nicknames, customize your room banner and web site to promote your business, and express yourself through amazing icons, winkies, and skins.
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"Works great, however, not many to chat with on inspeak"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 7.2.0.540
Pros
Works great if you can find someone to talk to on inspeak
Cons
Hardly any users to chat with on inspeak
Summary
The bottom line, the program works great that is if you can find someone to talk to. Better off with the number one voice chat program, Paltalk. Camfrog is another good alternative and you will find hundreds of people to chat with 24/7
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"trojan virus"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 7.1.1.538
Pros
avg says it has trojan..avoid it
Cons
Trojans in it
Summary
Cnet doen't check for viruese apparently
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"i like meeting new pople on here"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 6.2.1.530
Pros
i like music
Cons
good product
Summary
it have good pople on it
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"i here hopefully to met people"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 6.2.1.530
Pros
new at this
Cons
i'm new here so i really can't say
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"Awesome chat, inSpeak the all in one messenger !"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 6.2.1.530
Pros
Firstly has to be security, nice clean cut interface, live technical support, heaps of features, affordable payment options should you wish to subscribe to one of the many levels available, but you can still use inSpeak for FREE if you wish to do so.
Cons
In my personal opinion there are NO con's with this application.
Keep up the good coding inSpeak Team...Summary
I only ever use inSpeak as my prefered chat software to chat with friends from around the globe, inSpeak has all the features one looks for in a communicator. Awesome audio quality for chatting and playing music in rooms or pm's, high quality video conferencing, large file transferes, heaps of animated emotes to express yourself, winkies for just plain fun, unlimited posting of pictures in rooms and pm's plus all the picture type formats which include, bmp, jpg, animated gifs and png. Lots of built in inSpeak commands, moderated rooms free for all users or if you like you can subscribe to premium rooms and choose one of many different level packages to choose from to have your room listed 24/7 in the groups list, colorful deluxe nicnames subscription level packages to choose from, many different secure payment options, public, tempory and private rooms, private conferencing rooms with two way conversations just like a regualar telephone, you know I can just keep going on about all the features inSpeak has to offer to the end users, why not just go download inSpeak and see for your self... you won't be dissappointed !
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"A great chat program - I use it on a daily basis"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 2.2.2 build 422
Pros
Excellent sound quality - none of those annoying "Please wait while room loads" popup ads - too many good things to mention - you have to use it to appreciate it.
Cons
The only thing this program is missing is something like the "virtual bus tour" program from the now extinct FireTalk chat.
Summary
A very positive experience with the entire program including the helpfulness of those in the Help Lobby. I give inSpeak 5 stars.
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"inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 2.2.2 build 422
Pros
baya destekli bi program türkler burdada warrrr heheheheheh :)
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"fantastic!"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 2.2.2 build 422
Pros
I cant believe all the great features! I wish CNET would do an article about it!
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Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 2.2.2 build 422
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"good"
Version: inSpeak - the Voice Chat communicator 2.2.2 build 422
